extra second inserted to keep civil time in sync with the Earth's rotation

It has been revealed that deep in the bowels of the Cumbrian nuclear plant there is a freezer packed with an expanding mountain of radioactive gulls.

46 years later, it's still unsolved.

elves in Icelandic folklore

The Alabama gubernatorial election of 1982 included the last campaign and final electoral victory of George Wallace. The election occurred on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Governor Fob James declined to run for a second term, allowing for an open election in…

plasma railgun development project

1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise

famous cat who guarded the gates of the British Museum

This is why your chocolate bar forms that unique, dusty film. (it’s still safe to eat!) This white film does not mean the chocolate is moldy or has gone bad. It’s just a scientific process called “chocolate bloom". What can you do with chocolate that has…

First brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts in the nineteenth century, European Starlings are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds. They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills. Though…

A research team exploring the Antikythera shipwreck in 2012 found several artifacts including this amphora, a ceramic jar used to store and transport goods. (Photo courtesy Brendan Foley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) What is the Antikythera shipwreck?…

Though the brains of men and women are more alike than different, there are small differences that may explain men's behavior.

Madvillainy is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Madvillain, comprising MC MF Doom and producer Madlib. It was released on March 23, 2004, on Stones Throw Records.

He was the giant that ate backboards when he entered the NBA in the 1990s. Added to that notoriety were three back-to-back championships with the L.A. Lakers

Located in south-central Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border and surrounded by mountains, forests and wild rivers, Baikal is an immense and breathtaking area of natural beauty. Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.…

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942-2018)

Adult female discovered 113 years after only other living Chelonoidis phantasticus was found

AURORA, Colorado (AP) — Friends and family of the late “Dog the Bounty Hunter” reality TV show co-star Beth Chapman gathered in Colorado on Saturday where they remembered her as tough and irreverent, yet full of love even for some of the fugitives she helped…

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